Charli D'Amelio has become the face of a new generation of internet fame with her rapid rise to more than 22 million TikTok followers and nearly 6 million Instagram followers at age 15.
D'Amelio became popular for her dancing and choreography, most notably to the song "Renegade," which became a meme in itself – as well as for joining TikTok's Hype House collective in Los Angeles.
Along with her older sister Dixie and their parents, D'Amelio recently signed with United Talent Agency, and has already starred in a Sabra Hummus commercial that will play during the Super Bowl.

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If you're familiar with TikTok, you probably already know who Charli D'Amelio is. With more than 22 million TikTok followers and the no. 1 "Most Popular" ranking on influencer catalog Famous Birthdays, 15-year-old D'Amelio has taken over as the most popular teen on the internet.
In addition to choreographing her own viral dances – most notably the one to the song "Renegade" – and joining the mega-popular Hype House group in Los Angeles, D'Amelio is the first TikToker to star in a Super Bowl commercial. Here's how the teenager and her family rose to fame.D'Amelio burst onto the TikTok scene with a dance tutorial duet, and her growth has been nonstop ever since.
D'Amelio says her first-ever TikTok to go viral was a duet with the user "movewithjoy." In it, D'Amelio follows along with a simple dance routine.
It's perfectly symbolic of the type of videos that drove D'Amelio's rapid success, and in the next five months helped her accrue more than 5 million subscribers.
Before TikTok fame, D'Amelio grew up in Connecticut and danced competitively.
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D'Amelio is from Norwalk, Connecticut, where she grew up with her 18-year-old sister Dixie D'Amelio and her parents Marc and Heidi D'Amelio. Her dad ran as a Republican for Connecticut State Senate in 2018 and lost to the incumbent.
Before starting her TikTok account in June 2019, D'Amelio was a competitive dancer and posted videos and photos from competitions on her Instagram.
Her most popular TikToks are her dancing to the song "Lottery (Renegade)," more commonly known as just "the Renegade."
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D'Amelio choreographs her own dances and posts several TikToks a day, some of which include lip sync videos, vlogs, and more casual takes of her doing various activities.
But her most popular TikToks by far are her various dance videos, and her most popular TikTok of all time is her dancing to the song "Lottery (Renegade)" by the group K Camp.
D'Amelio's "Renegade" dance is so popular, it's become a meme.
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In October, "Renegade" became a huge TikTok trend, thanks to D'Amelio. The most popular iterations of "Renegade" are hers, but plenty of other TikTokers dueted her and did their own versions. Tutorials of how to do the "Renegade" dance are also popular on YouTube.
In November 2019, D'Amelio sold tickets for her first meet-and-greet.
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When D'Amelio announced her meet-and-greet in Connecticut, where VIP ticket experiences cost $100, she landed herself in her first controversy. She later clarified that the price of tickets paid for security for the event, but that anything leftover would go to charity.
D'Amelio has only posted one video to her YouTube channel, which is a vlog of her meet-and-greet, but it has more than 6 million views and her channel already has over 800,000 subscribers. She encourages followers to donate to Carnival for a Cause, which benefits children with developmental disabilities, as well as Breathe for ALS.
That month D'Amelio also performed onstage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with Bebe Rexha, who opened for the Jonas Brothers.
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Memes went viral of D'Amelio dancing with Bebe Rexha, who reached out to her over Instagram DMs to ask D'Amelio to join her onstage. In the future, D'Amelio told MEL Magazine, she hopes to pursue dancing professionally over sticking to social media fame.
But her internet stardom exploded once again after she joined the Hype House in December.
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As reported in The New York Times, the Hype House formed in Los Angeles as a TikTok collective bringing together some of the platform's biggest stars (namely, D'Amelio), as well as some fresh faces looking to make daily content.
Several members of the Hype House live in the LA mansion full-time, but others, like D'Amelio and her sister Dixie, spend a lot of time traveling. D'Amelio splits her time between Connecticut living with her parents and in LA when her schedule allows.
D'Amelio is also dating a member of the Hype House who goes by LilHuddy.
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Chase Hudson, better known as LilHuddy (or just lilhuddy), started officially dating D'Amelio at the end of December, but the two kept their TikTok fans guessing for a while.
Hudson is one of the core members of the Hype House, and appears in a lot of dancing videos with D'Amelio. The 17-year-old from Stockton, California built his TikTok following by lip-syncing to famous artists and collaborations with other TikTok stars.
On January 15, the entire D'Amelio family officially signed with United Talent Agency (UTA).
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UTA signed the entire D'Amelio family, including the sisters' parents. Marc D'Amelio has his own TikTok account with almost 2 million followers, while Dixie D'Amelio has 8.5 million TikTok followers. The family signed with UTA in all areas.
The agency is set to work with the D'Amelio family on digital content, live touring, podcasts, books, TV, and licensing and endorsements, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
D'Amelio just wrapped up her first major commercial venture, which will air at the Super Bowl.
D'Amelio is the first TikTok star to land a Super Bowl commercial, and hers is sponsored by Sabra Hummus. The commercial is set to air during Super Bowl LIV, but has already been promoted across social media.
It plays on the "ok boomer" meme, and D'Amelio celebrated the accomplishment with a joke about being TikTok famous.
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With an average sustained growth of nearly 200,000 TikTok followers a day, D'Amelio isn't going anywhere – and neither are her TikTok dances.